Ke hele nā ​​​​​​mea hele wāwae i ko lākou mau makahiki he iwakālua i ka Hikina Hema o ʻAsia, e hoʻopaʻa lākou i ko lākou mau lole ʻauʻau maʻamau, ka mea pale pepeke, nā aniani maka, a me kekahi mau puke paha e mālama ai i ko lākou wahi i ka wā e mālama ana i nā nahu makika ma nā kahakai ʻoluʻolu o nā mokupuni ʻo Thai. .
Eia nō naʻe, ʻo ka ʻāina penikala lōʻihi loa, pono ʻoe e holo paikikala he 9,300 mile e hiki ai i Newcastle.
Akā, ʻo kēia ka mea a Josh Reid i hana ai. Ua nakinaki ʻia ka iwi pā i kona kua e like me ka honu a lele akula i kēlā ʻaoʻao o ka honua, me ka ʻike e ʻoi aku ma mua o ka hapalua lā ka lōʻihi o kāna huakaʻi hoʻi.
"Ua noho wale au ma ka papa ʻaina o ka lumi kuke, kamaʻilio me koʻu makuakāne a me koʻu makuakāne hoʻokama, a ua noʻonoʻo i nā mea like ʻole e hiki iaʻu ke hana," wahi a Reid iā Bicycle Weekly e pili ana i kahi i hānau ʻia ai ka manaʻo. I nā makahiki i hala iho nei, ua hana ʻo Reid ma ke ʻano he kumu aʻo ski hoʻoilo, he mea kanu lāʻau kauwela ma British Columbia, a ua loaʻa iā ia kahi visa hana ʻelua makahiki ma Kanada, e hoʻopau ana i kāna hana ma ʻAmelika ʻĀkau, a ua holo ʻo ia iā Nova Scotia. Hele ke kaʻa paikikala piha i Cape Breton.
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I kēia mau lā, ʻoiai ʻo ka hapa nui o nā paikikala i hana ʻia ma ʻĀsia, ʻo ka manaʻo nui ka lawe ʻana mai i nā paikikala iā ʻoe iho. Ua hala ʻehā mahina o ka huakaʻi i ka makahiki 2019, a no ka mea ua paʻakikī ke kūʻai ʻana i nā paikikala i ka makahiki 2020 e ka maʻi ahulau coronavirus, ua hōʻoia ʻia kāna ʻano hana he wānana.
Ma hope o kona hōʻea ʻana i Singapore i Mei, ua hele ʻo ia i ka ʻākau a kuʻi i kahi paikikala i loko o ʻelua mahina wale nō. I kēlā manawa, ua hoʻāʻo ʻo ia e hoʻohana i kahi paikikala Dutch e hana hou i ke kahua o Top Gear ma ka Hai Van Pass ma Vietnam.
I ka wā mua, makemake au e kūʻai i paikikala mai Cambodia mai. Ua ʻike ʻia he mea paʻakikī ke lawe pololei i kahi paikikala mai ka laina hana. No laila, ua hele ʻo ia i Shanghai, kahi i hana nui ai lākou i kahi paikikala mai ka papahele o ka hale hana nui. E kiʻi i kahi paikikala.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Reid: "Ua ʻike wau i nā ʻāina e hiki iaʻu ke hele." "Ua ʻike mua wau a ua ʻike hiki iaʻu ke noi no ka visa a hiki ke lawelawe palekana i nā geopolitics ma nā wahi like ʻole, akā ʻaneʻane he mau ʻēheu wale nō koʻu a ua hele pololei kekahi Turmoil i Newcastle."
ʻAʻole pono ʻo Reid e hoʻohui i ka nui o ka mile i kēlā me kēia lā, inā loaʻa iā ia ka meaʻai a me ka wai, hauʻoli ʻo ia e hiamoe i loko o kahi ʻeke liʻiliʻi ma ka ʻaoʻao o ke alanui. ʻO ka mea kupanaha, ʻehā wale nō lā o ka ua i loaʻa iā ia i ka huakaʻi holoʻokoʻa, a i kona komo hou ʻana i ʻEulopa, ua kokoke pau ka hapa nui o ka manawa.
Me ka ʻole o Garmin, hoʻohana ʻo ia i kahi polokalamu ma kāna kelepona e hoʻokele ai i kona home. I kēlā me kēia manawa e makemake ai ʻo ia e ʻauʻau a pono paha e hoʻouka hou i kāna mau mea uila, komo ʻo ia i loko o ka lumi hōkele, lawe i nā koa terracotta, nā hale mōneka Buddhist, holo i kahi kipi nui, a hoʻohana i nā Arkel Panniers a me nā pā moe Robens e kūpono no ka poʻe hoihoi i nā lako āpau, ʻoiai inā ʻaʻole lākou ʻike pehea e hana hou ai i ka hana a Reid.
ʻO kekahi o nā manawa paʻakikī loa, ʻo ia ka huakaʻi i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka huakaʻi. Ua huakaʻi ʻo ia ma ke komohana ma o Kina a hiki i nā panalāʻau komohana ʻākau, kahi i nui ʻole ai nā mākaʻikaʻi, a ua makaʻala ʻo ia i nā malihini, no ka mea, aia i kēia manawa he 1 miliona mau Muslim Uyghur i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma ia wahi. Keena hoʻopaʻa. I ka wā i hala ai ʻo Reid ma nā wahi nānā i kēlā me kēia 40 kilomita, ua wehe ʻo ia i ka drone a hūnā iā ia ma lalo o ka ʻeke, a hoʻohana iā Google Translate e kamaʻilio me nā mākaʻi aloha, nāna i hāʻawi mau iā ia i ka meaʻai. A hoʻohālike ʻaʻole maopopo iā ia inā nīnau lākou i kekahi mau nīnau paʻakikī.
Ma Kina, ʻo ka pilikia nui, he mea kū ʻole i ke kānāwai ka hoʻomoana ʻana. Pono nā malihini e noho ma ka hōkele i kēlā me kēia pō i hiki i ke aupuni ke nānā i kā lākou mau hana. I kekahi pō, ua lawe kekahi mau mākaʻi iā ia no ka ʻaina ahiahi, a nānā nā kamaʻāina iā ia e kau ana i nā noodles ma luna o ka Lycra ma mua o ka hoʻouna ʻana iā ia i ka hōkele.
I kona makemake ʻana e uku, ua ʻaʻahu nā mākaʻi kūikawā he 10 i nā pale pale pōkā, nā pū a me nā koʻokoʻo, komo hewa i loko, nīnau i kekahi mau nīnau, a laila hoʻokele iā ia me kahi kalaka, hoʻolei i ke paikikala ma hope ona, a hoʻokele iā ia i kahi i ʻike ai ma laila. Ma hope koke iho, ua puka mai kahi leka ma ka lekiō e ʻōlelo ana e hiki iā ia ke noho ma ka hōkele āna i komo ai. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Reid: "Ua pau koʻu ʻauʻau ʻana i ka hōkele i ka hola 2 am." "Makemake nui wau e haʻalele i ka ʻāpana o Kina."
Ua hiamoe ʻo Reid ma ka ʻaoʻao o ke alanui ma ka wao nahele ʻo Gobi, e hoʻāʻo ana e pale aku i nā hakakā hou aku me nā mākaʻi. I kona hiki ʻana i ka palena o Kazakhstan, ua kaumaha ʻo Reid. Ua ʻaʻahu ʻo ia i kahi pāpale kiaʻi ākea me ka minoʻaka a me nā lima lulu.
I kēia manawa o ka huakaʻi, nui aku nā mea e hele ai, a ua loaʻa mua iā ia nā pilikia. Ua noʻonoʻo anei ʻo ia e hoʻokuʻu iā ia a hoʻopaʻa i ka mokulele hoʻi e hiki mai ana?
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Reid: "He nui paha ka hoʻoikaika e hele ai i ke kahua mokulele, a ua hoʻohiki wau." Ke hoʻohālikelike ʻia me kahi wahi ʻaʻohe wahi e hele ai, ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī o ka hiamoe ʻana ma ka papahele o ke kahua mokulele ma mua o ka hana o ka hiamoe ʻana ma nā poʻohiwi o ka poʻe ʻaʻohe wahi e hele ai. ʻAʻole makemake ʻia ka moekolohe ma Kina.
"Ua haʻi aku au i nā kānaka i kaʻu mea e hana nei a ke hauʻoli nei au. He huakaʻi kēia. ʻAʻole loa au i manaʻo i ka palekana ʻole. ʻAʻole loa au i noʻonoʻo e haʻalele."
I kou holo ʻana ma ka hapalua o ka honua i kahi kūlana kōkua ʻole, pono ʻoe e mākaukau e hana me ka hapa nui o nā mea a hahai iā lākou. Akā, ʻo kekahi o nā mea kupanaha nui a Reid, ʻo ia ka hoʻokipa ʻana o nā kānaka.
ʻĪ maila ʻo ia: “He mea kupaianaha ka lokomaikaʻi o nā malihini.” Hoʻokipa wale mai nā kānaka iā ʻoe, ʻoiai ma Asia Waena. ʻO ka mamao aku o koʻu hele ʻana i ke Komohana, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka poʻe ʻino. Manaʻo wau he aloha loa nā kānaka. Ua hāʻawi mai ka mea hoʻokipa iaʻu i kahi ʻauʻau wela a me nā mea like ʻole, akā ʻoi aku ka poʻe ma ke Komohana i ko lākou honua ponoʻī. Hopohopo lākou e hoʻomāʻū nā kelepona paʻalima a me nā mea like ʻole i nā kānaka, ʻoiai ʻo ka poʻe ma ka Hikina. Makemake maoli nā kānaka ma Asia Waena, makemake nui lākou i kāu mea e hana nei. Makemake nui lākou iā ʻoe. ʻAʻole hiki iā lākou ke ʻike i nā wahi he nui, a ʻaʻole hiki iā lākou ke ʻike i nā poʻe Komohana he nui. Makemake nui lākou a hiki ke hele mai e nīnau iā ʻoe, a ke maopopo nei iaʻu, e like me Kelemania, ʻoi aku ka maʻamau o nā huakaʻi paikikala, a ʻaʻole kamaʻilio nui nā kānaka me ʻoe.
Ua hoʻomau ʻo Reid: "ʻO kahi ʻoluʻolu loa aʻu i ʻike ai ma ka palena o Afghanistan." "He wahi e makemake ai ka poʻe 'mai hele i laila, he mea weliweli kēlā', ʻo ia kahi ʻoluʻolu loa aʻu i ʻike ai. He Muslim Ua hoʻōki ke kanaka iaʻu, ʻōlelo maikaʻi i ka ʻōlelo Pelekania, a ua kamaʻilio mākou. Ua nīnau au iā ia inā he mau kahua hoʻomoana ma ke kūlanakauhale, no ka mea, ua hele au ma waena o kēia mau kauhale a ʻaʻohe wahi maopopo.
"ʻĪ maila ʻo ia: 'Inā ʻoe e noi aku i kekahi ma kēia kauhale, e hoʻomoe lākou iā ʻoe i ka pō a pau.' No laila, lawe akula ʻo ia iaʻu i kēia poʻe ʻōpio ma ka ʻaoʻao o ke alanui, kamaʻilio pū me lākou, a ʻōlelo maila, "E hahai iā lākou". I koʻu hahai ʻana i kēia mau kāne ma o kēia mau alahele, lawe akula lākou iaʻu i ka hale o ko lākou kupuna wahine. Hoʻonoho lākou iaʻu ma luna o kahi moena ʻUzbek ma ka papahele, hānai mai iaʻu i kā lākou mea ʻono kūloko a pau, a lawe mai iaʻu i laila i ke kakahiaka aʻu i lawe ai iaʻu e kipa i ko lākou wahi ma mua. Inā ʻoe e lawe i kahi kaʻa mākaʻikaʻi mai kahi e hele ai a i kahi e hele ai, e ʻike ʻoe i kēia mau mea, akā ma ke kaʻa paikikala, e hele ʻoe ma kēlā me kēia mile ma ke ala."
I ka holo paikikala ʻana, ʻo Tajikistan ka wahi paʻakikī loa, no ka mea, piʻi ke alanui i kahi kiʻekiʻe o 4600m, i ʻike ʻia hoʻi ʻo "ka hale o ke ao". Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Reid: "He nani loa ia, akā he mau lua ma nā alanui ʻinoʻino, ʻoi aku ka nui ma mua o nā wahi ʻē aʻe ma ka ʻākau hikina o ʻEnelani."
ʻO ka ʻāina hope loa i hāʻawi i kahi noho no Reid ʻo Bulgaria a i ʻole Serbia ma ʻEulopa Hikina. Ma hope o nā kilomita he nui, he mau alanui nā alanui, a ke hoʻomaka nei nā ʻāina e lilo i mea pohihihi.
"E hoʻomoana ana au ma ka ʻaoʻao o ke alanui me koʻu lole hoʻomoana, a laila hoʻomaka kēia ʻīlio kiaʻi e hae mai iaʻu. Ua hele mai kekahi kanaka e nīnau mai iaʻu, akā ʻaʻohe o mākou ʻōlelo like. Ua lawe ʻo ia i kahi peni a me kahi pepa a kaha kiʻi i kahi kanaka lāʻau. Kuhikuhi mai iaʻu, kaha kiʻi i kahi hale, kaha kiʻi i kahi kaʻa, a laila kuhikuhi mai i kāna kaʻa. Ua hoʻokomo au i ke paikikala i loko o kāna kaʻa, lawe ʻo ia iaʻu i kona hale e hānai iaʻu, ua ʻauʻau au, hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia kahi moe. A laila i ke kakahiaka ua lawe ʻo ia iaʻu e ʻai hou aku i ka meaʻai. He mea pena kiʻi ʻo ia, no laila ua hāʻawi mai ʻo ia iaʻu i kēia kukui ʻaila, akā ua hoʻouna wale mai iaʻu ma koʻu ala. ʻAʻole mākou i ʻōlelo i ka ʻōlelo a kekahi. ʻAe. Nui nā moʻolelo like e pili ana i ka lokomaikaʻi o kānaka."
Ma hope o ʻehā mahina o ka huakaʻi, ua hoʻi hope ʻo Reid i ka home i Nowemapa 2019. ʻO ke kiʻi ʻana i kāna huakaʻi ma kāna moʻokāki Instagram e makemake ai ʻoe e hoʻopaʻa i kahi tikiki hoʻokahi ala ma kahi mamao loa a hana i kahi palapala YouTube haʻahaʻa e lawe mai ana i ka detoxification kūpono i ka hoʻoponopono nui ʻana a me ka hoʻolaha nui ʻana o ke koena o ka paepae Agent. I kēia manawa, he moʻolelo ko Reid e haʻi aku ai i kāna mau moʻopuna. ʻAʻohe ona mokuna e kākau hou ai, a inā hiki iā ia ke hana hou, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka haehae ʻana i kekahi mau ʻaoʻao.
"ʻAʻole maopopo iaʻu inā makemake au e ʻike i ka mea i hana ʻia. He mea maikaʻi ka ʻike ʻole," wahi āna. "Manaʻo wau ʻo kēia ka pōmaikaʻi o ka hoʻokuʻu iki ʻana iā ia. ʻAʻole loa ʻoe e ʻike. I kēlā me kēia hihia, ʻaʻole loa ʻoe e hiki ke hoʻolālā i kekahi mea."
"E hele hewa mau ana kekahi mau mea, a i ʻole e ʻokoʻa kekahi mau mea. Pono ʻoe e hoʻomanawanui i ka mea e hana ʻia."
ʻO ka nīnau i kēia manawa, ke holo paikikala ana ma ka hapalua o ka honua, he aha ke ʻano o ka huakaʻi e lawa ai e hoʻāla iā ia mai kahi moe i ke kakahiaka?
Ua ʻae ʻo ia: "He mea maikaʻi ke holo paikikala mai koʻu home a i Morocco," ʻo ia kāna ʻae ʻana, ʻoiai ʻaʻole ia he minoʻaka hauʻoli wale nō ma hope o kāna holo hoʻomanawanui.
"Ua hoʻolālā mua wau e komo i ka heihei Transcontinental, akā ua hoʻopau ʻia i ka makahiki i hala," wahi a Reid, nāna i ulu aʻe me ke kaʻa. "No laila, inā e hoʻomau ʻia i kēia makahiki, e hana wau."
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Reid, ʻoiai, no kāna huakaʻi mai Kina a i Newcastle, pono ʻo ia e hana i kahi mea ʻokoʻa. I ka manawa aʻe e hoʻopaʻa wale au i hoʻokahi ʻauʻau ʻauʻau, e ʻaʻahu i ʻelua i loko o kaʻu ʻeke hope, a laila hoʻokele iā lākou a pau i ka home.
Inā makemake ʻoe e noho me ka mihi, a laila he koho maikaʻi ka hoʻopili ʻana i ʻelua mau ʻaʻahu ʻauʻau.